Is there a single foreign born actor/actress of color who became successful in Hollywood ?

Anna May Wong - but that was an awful long time ago.

Merle Oberon.

Idris Elba? Sort of.

What qualifies as color? Egyptian? I don't think any Americans were scandalized by Sharif playing a leading man with European ethnicities.

Cch Pounder?

r2 She had to pretend as white to get roles.

OMG I'm SO fed up of this American obsession for race. All these actors are Natives in their own countries but ofc we should start your BLM hypocrisy in foreign countries too as if American imperialism wasn't enough in Europe. FED UP!

R4 No, but Barbra Streisand's Aunt was scandalized that Babs was shtupping him.

Why in the world does this matter?

Sharif played Che in 1969.

And what about minding our business OP?

Idris Elba

r9 What qualifies Ana de Armas to get as many A-list projects as she got other than her skin color ? She doesn't speak good English nor does she have a great repertoire of acting.

R11 They can't, they just can't. America cannot mind its business, they have the need to destroy the rest of the world like they did in their stolen lands

R7, we're fed up with right-wing idiots who blame BLM for everything they don't like.

Ana de Armas has been famous for like ten seconds. Isn't it too soon to declare her a huge success? No one cares about Gal Gadot outside of Wonder Woman.

Rami Malek

I’m thinking of rich Corinthian leather.

Katy Jurado

What color? Kermit the Frog or Barney the Dinosaur?

Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca

Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Meriño

r17 Rami Malek is born in the US

Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Thandie Newton have done quite well for themselves.

So have Idris Elba and David Oyelowo.

wtf????

Bruce Lee was born in Oakland California. He is American.

Is there a single white/European actor who became successful in Bollywood ? In Nollywood? Or in Africa?

[quote] What qualifies Ana de Armas to get as many A-list projects as she got other than her skin color ?

Is she Ben Affleck’s current cum dump?

Ana de Armas was well reviewed in Blade Runner.

Sidney Poitier was *almost* foreign-born; he was born prematurely while his Bahamian family was visiting Miami.

R27 No one will answer. Because they know there is none. American white savior propaganda at its finnest.

r27 Eh ? Racist much ?

The simple answer is , if you are not born in the US, in order to make it in Hollywood you need to be white.

Correction, Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco. He was 100% American. That was why he had such disdain for Hollywood. They treated him like a foreigner.

For the record, a Jewish person born anywhere in the universe can (and will) have a successful career in Hollywood. It's called chutzpah, darling.

R32 If you are not born in India in order to make it in Bollywood, you need ton be Indian, you idiot.

*to be

r31 r27 You are wrong. Katrina Kaif, a huge Bollywood star is from England.

R37 Okay, Omar Sy is an African French and did some movies in Hollywood. Happy? Your logic is ridiculous. Totally racist and ridiculous

R32 R37 Lol you can only name one. What about Nollywood and African cinemas?

OP learn a little history of cinema.

Sessue Hayakawa was a matinee idol before Valentino arrived on the scene.

Born in Japan in 1886.

Djimon Hounsou is from Benin. Chiwetel Ejiofor was born in London to Igbo Nigerian parents. Naomie Harris was born in London to parents from Trinidad and Jamaica. Cynthia Erivo was also born in London, to Nigerian parents. David Oyelowo the same. and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Regé-Jean Page was born to a mother from Zimbabwe and a British father in London; he spent his childhood years in Zimbabwe. Sidney Poitier was raised in the Bahamas. He was born in Miami unexpectedly, and they returned home, where he grew up. His father claimed his last name was due to his family's Haitian roots, immigrating to the Bahamas.

R41 good list but except Sidney Poitier none of them were/are A-list

No one considered Montalban, Quinn, Fernando Lamas or Sharif "people of color".

R41 Exactly. Djimon Hounsou also worked for French movies

R42 No white has become an A-lister in African countries. So what?

r39 r31 r27 Op here. Are you seriously saying that the number of white/European trying to make it big in Nollywood or whatever industry is same as people of color across the globe trying to make it big in Hollywood ?

White Hollywood stars as they are, are already popular in those countries.

[quote] No one considered Montalban, Quinn, Fernando Lamas or Sharif "people of color".

Many did and do.

r42 So you are implying that Hollywood is justified in discriminating against people of color because other countries where people of color are in majority do not hire White people ?

R46 They are popular because other countries are interested in American cinema. It might be time to take an interest in African, Indian, Asian cinema. And even European. There is also all the hegemony of the Us throughout the world which is why American actors are famous there. But to call Hollywood a racist because foreign born actor of color are not crowned is absurd when white people are not crowned in their countries either.

There are people who are there to create conflict constantly. Those who pretend to be anti-racists become the worst racists. Why does that matter?

[quote]Lupita Nyong'o is the closest you can get but she is practically American except for her place of birth.

How? She was raised in Kenya and still doesn’t have American citizenship. She came for college when she was practically an adult. Her natural speaking accent, while very proper, isn’t American.

R48 Well said

R47 No. You are wrong about that.

They were considered foreign.

People didn't lump them together with blacks.

Montalban, Quinn, Fernando Lamas etc. were all A listers, played romantic leads in big budget films.

r49 Your synonymous usage of Hollywood and White people is very fascinating.

Couldn’t care less.

[quote] People didn't lump them together with blacks.

I don’t write that they did. I wrote that many considered them people of color and still do.

Yes but you're wrong. At the height of their stardom they were NEVER referred to as POC.

R23 To me what is fascinating is your analysis of racism in world cinema. You would like foreign actors of color to be propelled in Hollywood when foreign countries don't propel whites either. There is no discrimination on both sides. This is called respect for other cultures. You should watch foreign films before playing the virtual Malcom X.

R53 Not R23

Op, how old are you?

Don't lie

Dev Patel

No one thought....oh my! look! Jane Powell (or whomever) with a person of color!

Charlize Theron is African-American. And she frequently is suntanned.

[quote] They were considered foreign. People didn't lump them together with blacks.

More like they were considered "exotic". But it doesn't matter what they were "considered", they were persons of color and foreign born.

Naomie Harris, Thandie Newton, David Oyelowo, Daniel Kaluuya, John Boyega

[quote] At the height of their stardom they were NEVER referred to as POC.

Person of color wasn’t a term in wide use at the heights of their stardom.

A few years ago Antonio Banderas was called a "person of color" by several American media outlets and they were taken to task for their unbelievable stupidity. Also, Spaniards flipped the fuck out for being considered "of color" by Americans.

R27 Yana Gupta

Ben Kingsley

I was born in Japan, motherFUCKERS! And I won the goddamn OSCAR!

Kumail Nanjiani (born in Karachi)

Idris Elba (born in London)

Jackie Chan (Hong Kong)

Jet Li (Beijing)

Dev Patel (London)

Chiwetelu Ejiofor (London)

Sophie Okonedo (London)

The fact is, it's simply much harder for a POC to make it in Hollywood. When you compound that with the difficulties for a foreign-born actor, it's not surprising that many foreign POC don't make it in the industry.

It is simple, old-fashioned xenophobia and racism. You're being willfully ignorant if you think anything else.

Italians and Spaniards are European. They're not "of color" unless they have African or Asian ancestry.

Merle Oberon was a major Hollywood star of Anglo-Indian birth and ancestry.

I think you have many more than your "single" actor, OP. Can we shut your stupid rant down, now?

Where you were born isn't relevant if you didn't grow up there. Keanu Reeves was born in Beirut, but he's culturally Canadian. Lupita Nyong'o was born in Mexico City but her family moved back to Kenya when she was less than a year old, so she's Kenyan. Bruce Willis was born in a German military base but can't speak a word of the language.

Is there a single reason why a country which until recently was vastly majority white should have foreign born non-white people figure prominently in its white-created entertainment industry?

A couple others beyond those already mentioned: Priyanka Chopra and Gemma Chan.

Sorry, R1. Anna May Wong was born in Los Angeles.

Troll thread by race obsessed moron, trying to reclassify celebrities of yesteryear by using his bizarre standards for ethnicity, with an inadvertent assist from today’s revisionist historians (certain self-proclaimed “woke” persons). Tedious and meaningless. Using your own PC jargon, OP, none of the celebrities you listed “self-identified as” POC. That’s the gold standard. It doesn’t matter what you (or the other assembled race-baiters) label them, one always accepts the self-identification of the individual being discussed a la Kamala Harris. Rachel Dolezal might be the exception to that rule though.

[quote]Person of color wasn’t a term in wide use at the heights of their stardom.

In fact.

"Person of color" is a new term.

Previously the term was "colored people". And "colored people" were blacks. And blacks only.

Stars like Jose Ferrer, Lamas, Montalban, Quinn...huge stars at the time... were not "colored people". Sidney Poitier was "colored".

The "Latin Lover", may have had a darker complexion...usually called "olive"... but he was not considered "colored".

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Ricardo Montalban on the cover of Life Magazine in 1949.

"Hollywood's New Romantic Star"

Shirley Yamaguchi

Bai Ling

Mako

[quote] Bruce Willis was born in a German military base but can't speak a word of the language.

And not many in English either.

What is the point of this thread? We've established there have been dozens of them.

Who cares anymore? With theaters closing, everything on streaming, A-list actors being thirsty as hell for attention by doing anything on social media to stay relevant.

Next year's Oscars is going to be a joke.

Did you ever think we would see the day when movie stars would really be kind of over? It's crazy to think about.

Another Stormfront thread.

Nancy Kwan (Hong Kong) is Eurasian, starred in Flower Drum Song, The World Of Suzie Wong, Tamahine, Fate Is The Hunter, etc. A legit Hollywood star.

OP I'm glad you made this thread. America is obsessed with race but its for a good reason. Things are complicated. American slavery lasted longer and also didn't keep.going back for more slaves. It is interesting dynamic. Many black Americans act like basic white Americans, to me, but having to deal with racism. Let that all sink. Groupthink is dynamic and powerful.

Actually I don't understand the point of the thread. Is the implication there's some kind of prejudice against foreign born people of color in Hollywood? Maybe it would be worth asking: how many foreign born people of color ever attempted to be successful in Hollywood?

[quote] Nancy Kwan (Hong Kong) is Eurasian, A legit Hollywood star.

And B-grade cunt.

France Nuyen.

Why do we need foreign born when we have plenty of homegrown talent? ADOS and Puerto Ricans for example.

Sidney Poitier is from the Bahamas and grew up there, but was accidentally born in Miami when his family was on a visit in the US.

Lots of Spaniards have African ancestry because the south of Spain, Andalusia was occupied by Muslims for centuries.

I was born in the projects. It was like a foreign country. I suffered deeply. So vote for me as Best Actress!!!

The Cannes Film Festival rewards films and actors from all over the world every year

R95 Spaniards were invaded and colonized by Arabs from North Africa. "Occupied" is a bit too nice as a term because it lasted 800 years . It is not only whites who colonized and practiced slavery. The Arabs are in fact the first to enslave black people since the 8th century and still have not abolished slavery. But the hypocrites BLMs have nothing to tell them. They prefer FAKE fights like "foreign actors of color" instead of helping black slaves to be free in Africa. As if every foreigner's goal was to be successful in Hollywood. Americans are so pretentious and sickly self centered!

[quote]Lots of Spaniards have African ancestry because the south of Spain, Andalusia was occupied by Muslims for centuries.

DNA has proven that the numbers of Spaniards with African DNA are relatively low. The Moors were more of a ruling class and didn't fraternize with the locals. Think the British in India, it was the same idea.

LOL! American hypocrisy and indecency in one thread. First of all, start by rewarding a Native American actor who is actually in HIS LEGITIMATE country that you all white saviors stole before thinking about people of color in other countries who haven't asked you for anything. Give them back their country before lecturing non-stop the rest of the world. America is the only country that has never decolonized.

Sorry r100. It's way too late for that.

Jackie Chan

BTS is dominating the music world, maybe Hollywood soon.

Henry Golding

Does it have to be an actress? How about anyone in the Entertainment business. Rhianna - she was born in Barbados. She's acted, tops the music charts and Cosmetic mogul. Extremely successful and popular.

I didn't steal anybody.

Daniel Kaluuya Letitia Wright Thandie Newton Naomie Harris

R106 You are still living in a stolen land whether you like it or not

[quote]Almost one in three Spaniards carry traces of the Jews who were told to leave or convert to Christianity at the end of the 15th century or the Muslim Moors who followed them into exile a century later.

[quote]The study by scientists from European universities found that despite the attempts at ethnic cleansing, one in 10 Spanish men bore evidence of north African, and presumably Moorish, forebears in their DNA.

Apart from the fact that UK shit rag makes it sound as if Muslims had a right to occupy and stay in Andalusia, this article disputes there wasn't much mingling during the 700 years of Muslim occupation of southern Spain.

r109 there wasn't a huge amount in the general population but what can you expect from the Guardian?

The Moors only occupied Andalusia, the area around Cordoba, Granada and Seville. They tried to advance further into Europe but got their asses kicked during the Battle of Tours in 732.

If Europe hadn't been more advanced in weaponry and war strategy back then they would be another Islamic shithole now.

[quote]Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco. He was 100% American.

He was born to Chinese parents in Chinatown and the family moved back to Hong Kong when he was three months old. He was a child actor in Hong Kong and lived there until he was 19.

It's inaccurate to say he was "100% American" in the way you're intending it. He was a Chinese man born in America and raised in Hong Kong, who didn't move back to America until he was an adult.